Senate roll call 116 · 87th Congress · Jul 31, 1961
HR 7445. Independent offices appropriation bill. Proxmire amendment to delete $22 million for construction of federal buildings not requested by administratio
On Jul 31, 1961, the Senate voted 17–68 (HR 7445). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–61, Republicans 17–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 members voted against their own party.
During the 87th Congress (1961–1962), John F. Kennedy was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 68
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jul 31, 1961
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 61 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 17 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted no
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Benjamin A. Smith II D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
- John Joseph Hickey D-WY
Voted present
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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